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Victor Jory

Actor / Screenwriter / Composer / Film Director | * 11/23/1902 († 79, 02/12/1982) | Dawson City, Yukon Territory (Canada)
Victor Jory (November 23, 1902 – February 12, 1982) was a Canadian-American actor of stage, film, and television. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast in villainous or sinister roles, such as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and carpetbagger Jonas Wilkerson in Gone with the Wind (1939). From 1959 to 1961, he had a lead role in the 78-episode television police drama Manhunt. He also recorded numerous stories for Peter Pan Records and was a guest star in dozens of television series as well as a supporting player in dozens of theatrical films, occasionally appearing as the leading man. ()
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Victor Jory was a Canadian stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Jonas Wilkerson, the brutal and opportunistic overseer, in "Gone with the Wind", and as Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow', in the 1942 serial film "The Shadow".

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Crime

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The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feeli ...

The Miracle Worker

NR

1962 | 3.9/5 | 1h 46min
Drama
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Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same react ...

The Green Archer

NR

1940 | 3.3/5 | 4h 45min
Mystery, Crime, Action
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Marion Hastings returns to her father Dan's cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father's foreman, Dick Drake, and h ...

Rangle River

Certification unknown

1936 | 2.8/5 | 1h 26min
Western, Action, Adventure, Mystery
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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. ...

Gone with the Wind

G

1939 | 4.0/5 | 3h 53min
Drama, War, Romance / Love
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Manhunt is an American syndicated television crime drama. Seventy-eight episodes were broadcast between 1959 and 1961. It stars Victor Jory as a San Diego police detective. Patrick McVey also stars as ...

Manhunt

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2024- | 2.5/5 | 30min per episode
 
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Awards & Nominations for Victor Jory

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Victor Jory as Actor(115)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Iron Belly1980 The Mountain Men
as Hillman1980 Power
as Narrator (voice)1979 Abraham's Sacrifice
as Narrator1979 Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
as Shaman1978 Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as Narrator1978 The Story of Noah
as Father Zaya1977 Mission to Glory: A True Story
as Dr. Henry Merrill1976 Perilous Voyage
as Indian Chief1973 Papillon
as Wounded Bear Mr. Smith (Attorney at Law)1970 Flap
as Charles Ludlow1970 Ride the Wind
as Judge Roy Bean1969 A Time for Dying
as The Narrator1969 Mackenna's Gold
as Edward Arkroyd1968 Jigsaw
as Tall Tree1964 Cheyenne Autumn
as Captain Arthur Keller1962 The Miracle Worker
as Jabe Torrance1960 The Fugitive Kind
as Black McDonald1958 Johnny Belinda
as Rand McCord1957 Last Stagecoach West
as Dr. Murdock1957 The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Professor1956 Manfish
as Jared Letlow1956 Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
as Rear Admiral Batt1956 Forbidden Area
as Leonard Wilson1956 Death of a Scoundrel
as Ashok1955 Sabaka
as Tuareg Chief1954 Valley of the Kings
as Captain Ahab1954 Moby Dick
as Jess Wade1953 The Man from the Alamo
as Kip Reissner1953 Cat-Women of the Moon
as Frank Girard1952 Toughest Man in Arizona
as Lucky Lee1952 Flaming Feather
as Ben Cross1951 Cave of Outlaws
as Lord Douglas1951 The Highwayman
as Father Gomez1950 The Capture
as Frank Walsh1950 The Cariboo Trail
as Dave Oldham1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
as Luke Cottrell1949 South of St. Louis
as Dirk Rourke1949 Canadian Pacific
as Brook Matthews1949 A Woman's Secret
as García1948 The Loves of Carmen
as Marshal of France Mordore1948 The Gallant Blade
as Narrator (voice)1947 Tubby the Tuba
as (voice)1947 Shoe Shine Jasper
as Oscar Trent1943 Power of the Press
as Champ Clanton1943 Buckskin Frontier
as Charles 'Chuck' Williams1943 The Unknown Guest
as Tom Jordan1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ
as Dan Slack1943 Leather Burners
as Jeb Hardin1943 Colt Comrades
as Mark Jackson1943 Bar 20
as Jeff Barat1943 The Kansan
as (voice)1942 Tulips Shall Grow
as Ike Clanton1942 Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Buckskin Bill1942 Shut My Big Mouth
as Alfredo Cardozo, alias Marana1941 Charlie Chan in Rio
as Deak Foster1941 The Stork Pays Off
as William Merrick1941 Bad Men of Missouri
as 'Dapper' Dan Streever1941 Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Henry Logan1941 Border Vigilantes
as Steve Fraser1941 Wide Open Town
as Baptiste Deschamp1941 Riders of the Timberline
as Narrator (voice)1941 Hoola Boola
as Malcolm Lascalles1940 Knights of the Range
as Spike Holland1940 The Green Archer
as Tex Moore1940 Girl from Havana
as Gene Stewart1940 The Light of Western Stars
as Norman Talbot1940 River's End
as Coy Barrett1940 Cherokee Strip
as Clay Beaudine1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Mr. Clifton1940 Lady with Red Hair
as Mr. Arnold Carter1940 Give Us Wings
as Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow'1940 The Shadow
as Doc1939 Women in the Wind
as Wolf Pelt1939 Susannah of the Mounties
as W.J. Grayce1939 Each Dawn I Die
as Yancey1939 Dodge City
as Thomas MacNair1939 Blackwell's Island
as Patian1939 I Stole a Million
as William B. Travis1939 Man of Conquest
as Jonas Wilkerson1939 Gone with the Wind
as Ed Hogan1939 Call a Messenger
as Lt. Parsons1939 Wings of the Navy
as Injun Joe1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Senator Gordon Keane1937 First Lady
as Baron Lyadeff1937 Glamorous Night
as Gregoroff1937 Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as himself1936 Breakdowns of 1936
as Dick Drake1936 Rangle River
as Capt. Palfi1936 The King Steps Out
as Jim Allen1936 Hell-Ship Morgan
as Claude Roberts1936 Meet Nero Wolfe
as Oberon1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as John O'Hara1935 Too Tough to Kill
as Jimmy Hart1935 Streamline Express
as Terry Condon1935 White Lies
as Dario1935 Escape from Devil's Island
as Oberon (archive footage) (uncredited)1935 A Dream Comes True
as Matthew Putnam1935 Party Wire
as Nick Gardella1934 He Was Her Man
as Duc Armand d'Aiguillon1934 Madame Du Barry
as Jim Crowl1934 I Believed in You
as Jim Devlin1934 Mills of the Gods
as Howard Sutter1934 Murder in Trinidad
as La Tour1933 Trick for Trick
as Dr. Andre Morand/Paul Vernay1933 The Devil's in Love
as Hoop Toss Barker1933 State Fair
as Clint Peters1933 Smoky
as John Bradley1933 My Woman
as Randall Williams1933 I Loved You Wednesday
as Alfred Doreen1933 Infernal Machine
as Baron Portola aka Darrow1933 Sailor's Luck
as 1st Public Enemy1932 Handle with Care
as Jerry Brewster1932 The Pride of the Legion
as Officer Belonge (uncredited)1930 Renegades

TV Shows/Series with Victor Jory as Actor(53)

as Joe1990 Law & Order
as Narrator1978 Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1977 Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1976 Alice
as Eddie LaSalle1974 The Rockford Files
as Charles Rolling Thunder1974 The Night Stalker
as The Old Man1972 Ghost Story
1972 Kung Fu
as Paul Andros1972 Banacek
1970 McCloud
as Victor Foss1968 The Name of the Game
as Mr. Kelly1967 The High Chaparral
as Wally Stowe / Frank Tomachek1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
as Capt. Beal1966 The Time Tunnel
1965 The Loner
1965 F Troop
as Judge Parker1965 The Legend of Jesse James
as Charles Carlin1964 Profiles in Courage
as Jim Clover1963 Burke's Law
as Andrew Jackson1963 The Great Adventure
as Conrad Easter1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Paul Reardon1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Carl Hendricks1962 The Virginian
as Tom Brant1962 The Virginian
as Jim Kohler1962 The Virginian
as Luke Nichols1962 The Virginian
as Dr. Oscar Whalen1961 Dr. Kildare
as Deacon Lee1961 The New Breed
1961 87th Precinct
as Hosea Brewer1959 Rawhide
as Sam McGarrett1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Rear Admiral Batt1956 Playhouse 90
1956 Telephone Time
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Chief Joseph1955 Gunsmoke
1955 Matinee Theater
as Robert1954 Climax!
as Sam Bellows1954 Climax!
as John Coulter1954 Climax!
as Andrew Perry1953 GE Theater
1952 Omnibus
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Andrew Duquette1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ferdie Shiff1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Captain Ahab1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Black McDonald1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
1950 Your Show of Shows
as Gangster1948 Studio One
as Interrogator1948 Studio One
as Dr. Kane1948 Studio One
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Victor Jory
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Sunday, 11/23 1902 (November) in Dawson City, Yukon Territory (Canada)
Died: Friday, 02/12 1982 (February) in Santa Monica (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Children: Jon Jory
Victor Jory frequently works together with these people:
Harry Townes (46x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (34x, Actor)
John Dehner (33x, Actor)
Royal Dano (33x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (33x, Actor)
James Gregory (33x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (32x, Actor)
John Anderson (32x, Actor)
Claude Akins (31x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (30x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (30x, Actor)
Russell Harlan (11x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:26536, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024